Farm-gate.



. PATENTED NOV. 22, 1904.

w. B. MILLER.

FARM GATE Arrmo'nlox III/ED we. 31. 1904.

1N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented November 22, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of I Letters Patent N0. 775,536, datedNovember 22, 1904. Application filed August 31, 1904. -Seria1No.222,827. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILsoN B. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mo- Kenzie, in the county of Carroll and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Farm-Gates; and Ido hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

For swinging gates I have designed certain improvements in the operatingconnections whereby the gate is opened away from the person approachingit, and the particular features wherein my invention-resides will be setout in the claims appended hereto inconnection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 shows in perspective a gate embodying myimprovement. Fig. 2 shows a portion of the gate in top view at itsmountedend and in which the opening and closing side view of thelatch-wire connections.

devices are seen in their position when the gate isclosed. Fig; 3 isalike view, the operating devices being in their position when the gateis being opened. Fig. 4 is a detail Fig. 5 is a detail side view of thelatch-operating connections.

The frame of the gate is suitably braced to give it strength andrigidity. It is mounted to swing on a stud 1, secured to the gate-post 2at the bottom of the gate, and is maintained in proper position by ayoke 3, secured to the top of the post and passed around the end bar 4;of the gate to keep the gate in true position at its mounted and at itslatch ends with its mounting-stud and with its latch-post. At its swingend the gate has a latch-bar 5, pivotally mounted in vertical positionat the outside of the end bar 6 and between the ends of bars 9 and 10,which for that purpose project from the end gate-bar, the pivot 7 beingnear the lower bar of the gate.

The gate is suspended by a wire 11, which is connected to the ends of across-bar 12, pivotally mounted on the upper end of the gatepost, andpassing down on opposite sides of the gate is connected to the latch-bar5 below its pivot 7. Thiswire 11 sustains the weight gagement with thelatch-blocks 15 on the post.

The gate is opened and closed by a tri-arrned lever pivotally mounted onthe top of the post on which the gate is mounted and by a wire 16,connecting said lever to the upper end of thelatch-bar. One arm, 17,ofthis lever overhangs the gate and is connected to said .latchopeningwire 16, while theother lever-arms,

. 18 18, overhang the other side ofsaid post 2 and have operatingconnections, as I will presently state.

I prefer to pivot the tri-armed lever and the cross-bar 12 on the samestud 19 with a ring-bearing 20 between them, so that the.'

gate-operating lever 17 will be below the suspending-wires, as in Fig.5, and the cross-bar 12 will be free to swing with the opening andclosing of the gate, and thereby keep the crossbar at right angles withthe gate and both branches of thesuspending-wire 11 under equal strainin the movements of the gate. The gate-opening wire '16, like. thesuspending-wire, passes along each side of the gate,

and is connected to the lower end of a lever 21, pivoted to the topgate-bar near the latch end ot'the gate, which, depending therefrom, isconnected at its lower end by a short wire 22 to the upper end of thelatch-bar. It is important to note that the gate-operating wire passesfreely through the same loops of the yoke or hanger 13 through which thegate-suspending wire passes and that the force of the lever to open andto close the gate is exerted on the lever-connected wire at the yoke, asin Fig. 3. This yoke and lever are the elements by which thelatch-opening wire is caused to operate the gate, and this yoke forms ahold on which the wire is caused by the lever to'have a sidcwise pullingforce to swing the gate in either direction. While the yoke-hinge 3 willhold the gate in true position upon its mounting-pivot and prevent thesagging of the latch end of the gate beyond the limit allowed by saidyoke-hinge, the provision of the yoke 13 on the gate-bar will by itsadjustment in'notehes on the gate-bar cause the swing end of the gate tobe supported by the adjustable yoke, and thereby hold the latch bar inposition to engage the latchblocks in closing the gate. The lever which.unlatches and opens the gate is in its normal position between thegate-suspending wires and in a horizontal plane'beneath them, so as tobe freely moved beneath the suspendingwires in operating the gate. Thepulling force of the lever is directly upon the upper end of thelatch-bar and disengages it from the latchbloeks. Toeachof thelever-arms 18 18 is connected a. cord 23 23, which passes over a pulley24 on the end of a bar 25, which is secured to and extends from thegate-post on each side thereof, and it will be noted that each cord isconnected to that arm 18 of the lever which stands on the opposite sideof the fence, and this gives a long leverage to the lever in swingingthe gate. I provide the two latchblocks to give better fastening for thegate against the pushing of horses or cattle, and, looking at Fig. 4, itwill be seen that when the latch-bar is pulled back to unlatch the gatethe latch-bar will strike and pull against the gate-bar 6, and thepulling force of the lever is then transferred to the gate to pull itwith the upper end of said latch-bar, a crossopen in the way described.

I claim 1. The combination with a swinging gate, a cross-bar pivotallymounted on the gatepost, a latch-bar pivoted near its lower end, a wireconnecting the latch-bar below its pivot with each end of the cross-bar,a tri-armed lever pivoted on the gate-post, having one arm overhangingthe gate, its other arms overhanging the gate-post, a wire connectingthe lever-arm overhanging the gate with the upper end of the latch-bar,a yoke for suspending both latch-connected wires and means connectingthe lever-arms overhanging the gatepost for operating the gate.

2. The combination with a swinging gate,

a cross-bar pivotally mounted on the gatepost, a latch har pivoted nearits lower end, a wire connecting the latch-ha r below its pivot witheach end of the cross-bar, a tri-a'rmed lever having one arm overhangingthe gate, its other arms overhanging the gatepost, a wire connecting thelever-ar1n overhanging the gate with the upper end of the latch-bar,

pivoted on the swing end of the gate, a wire connecting the ends of thecross-bar with the latch-bar below its pivot, a lever pivoted on thegate-post and overhanging the gate, a

yoke or hanger on the upper gatebar and a wire connecting theoverhanging end of said lever with the upper end of saidlatch bar bothsaid wires freely passing through the hanger ends, and said levertransmitting power laterally to the hanger to release the latch and toswing open the gate, and means for operating said lever.

4. In a swinging gate and in combination,

a vertical latch-bar, a lever pivoted on the gate-post and overhangingthev gate, a wire connecting the overhanging end of said lever barpivoted on the gate-post, a wire connecting the ends of said cross-barwith the lower end of said latch-bar, a yoke or hanger on theupper-gate-bar, both said wires passing on both sides of the, gate andthe said hanger forming a free support for both wires, and means foroperating said lever.

In testimony whereof l'have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

\VILSON B. MILLER.

\Vitnesses:

J. W. Omens J. O. DINWIDDIE.

